NIA ADEBAYO
Photographer / Visual Storyteller

DOCUMENTARY

The things that happen when nobody is performing.

Lagos city buses and skyline at dusk

THE CITY BETWEEN HOURS

LAGOS · 2025–2026

A long-term study of Lagos between the hours when yesterday has ended and today has not quite begun.

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Children running and playing through a flooded street

HOME IS A MOVING THING

LAGOS · 2025

The things that happen when nobody is performing.

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Market street photographed at dusk with people walking

THE LAST LIGHT

KANO · 2026

Following traders home along the last stretch of road before the light gives out.

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Market stalls at sunrise

MARKET, BEFORE THE HEAT

LAGOS · 2026

An early-morning study of the market before the city fully arrives.

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Woman walking through a morning market street

A WOMAN, WALKING

LAGOS · 2026

Documentary portrait of a morning commute through the market district.

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Children running through a flooded street

THIS IS WHERE
THE ARCHIVE RUNS DEEPEST.

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